"TO LEARN THEM TO RESPECT "

        

  

ANOTHER OF MY ARCHIVES RHYMES BEFORE I DO DELEAT.

AS I PRINT THEM OFF NOW J/LAND FRIENDS AND FILE THEM NICE AND NEAT.

SO I THOUGHT I'D  PLACE THIS ONE HERE AGAIN FOR ALL WHO HAVN'T READ.

I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY AND IT BRINGS MEMORIES TO YOUR HEAD.

I WAS THINKING OF "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" WHEN I WAS JUST A KID.

SAT ALONE IN SILENCE ABOUT THE THINGS WE DID.

NO COMPUTERS PLAYSTATIONS OR BRAND NEW BIKES AND THINGS.

OWN TV OR MOBILE PHONE IN OUR POCKET THAT DOES RING

THE ONLY THING WITH WHEELS ON WAS A HOME MADE WOOD GO GART. HA-HA

              

 

BUT WE WERE GRATEFULL ANYWAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART.

A PIECE OF ROPE TO STEER IT WITH NO BRAKES JUST USED YOUR FEET.

THE WHEELS DAD GOT FROM AN OLD USED PRAM AND A PLANK IT WAS YOUR SEAT.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE IN HEAVEN WHEN OUR DAD PRODUCED THIS TOY.

ALL OF THEM JUST BLAND OLD WOOD NOT COLOURS FOR GIRL OR BOY.

WE'D SET UP WACKEY RACES AND DOWN THE HILL WE'D GO.

TEARING VERY FAST WE WENT LIKE LIGHTENING NEVER SLOW.

SCREAMING AND LOUD SHOUTING ECHOED FROM OUR FRIENDS.

AND SUDDENLY ONE WOULD LEAVE THE TRACK WHEN FLYING ROUND THE BENDS. HE-HE

A TOY WE ALL WERE PROUD OF YOU NEVER HEARD US MOAN.

WE WERE THANKFULL FOR SMALL MERCY'S AND A REALY HAPPY HOME.

SKIPPING ROPES FROM WASHING LINES SPINNING TOPS AND SUCH.

NOT COSTING A SMALL FORTUNE AS OUR PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE MUCH.

YET STILL WE WERE SO HAPPY DOLLS MADE FROM A WOODEN PEG.

OUR PARENTS WORKED HARD EVERY DAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BEG

IN THEM DAYS JUST FOR COPPERS (DIMES) ALL SPOKEN FOR EACH WEEK.

BUT KIDS AND FAMILIES HAPPYIER AND GRATEFULL SO TO SPEAK.

TREAT OF THE WEEK ON SATURDAY MORN AND OFF WE ALL WOULD GO.

RUNNING TO THE CINEMA TO WATCH THE WEEKLY SHOW.

FLASH GORDON AND THREE STOOGES  BOWERY BOYS AND ALL.

 

OUR ONE PENNY SPENT ON ENTRANCE AND WE REALY HAD A BALL.

 MY FAVOURITES WERE THE LITTLE RASCALS SOMETIMES THEY WERE VERY BAD..

THE LITTTLE GIRL WAS FUNNY TOO HER HAIR IN RAGS SHE HAD. HA-HA.

DO YOU REMEMBER  ALFALFA  HA-HA  HERE IN THE PICTURE BELOW

HE ALWAYS HAD A PIECE OF HAIR STUCK UP AT THE BACK AND SO..

IV'E LAUGHED FOR MANY AN HOUR ABOUT THESE THINGS WE DID OF OLD.

AND MANY STORIES  ABOUT THIS GANG MY KIDS HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD. HA-HA.

WE WOULD SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES OUR EYES GLUED TO THE SCREEN.

NO PORN OR SEX AROUND KIDS THEN NOTHING WAS OBSCENE

WITH AN EXTRA PENNY  SPENT ON A  TINY LOAF I NEVER DID BUY SWEETS.

I LOVED MY PENNY HOVIS FRIENDS LOVED THERE OTHER TREATS.

 

PARENTS NOT AROUND US WE WERE SAFE ALL SEVEN DAYS.

KNOWONE WILL CONVINCE ME THEY WERN'T "THE GOOD OLD DAYS"

CHRISTMAS BROUGHT TWO GIFTS FOR US BENEATH A BRANCH FROM A TREE.

IF DAD WORKED OVER MANY HOURS WE MAYBE THEN GOT THREE.

AN APPLE AND AN ORANGE OR MAYBE A LITTLE GAME.

A PACK OF OLD MAID  PLAYING CARDS ALL WITH DIFFERANT NAMES.

WE'D ALL SIT ROUND THE TABLE MUM DAD AND MY SISTERS THREE.

PLAYING TOGETHER FOR HOURS ON END LIKE FAMILIES NOW  SHOULD BE.

WEEKENDS  WERE ALWAYS HAPPY SCHOOLDAYS  TOO WERE GOOD.

I DON'T THINK THESE TIMES WILL RETURN BUT I REALY WISH THEY WOULD.

IF WE DIDN'T DO AS WE WERE TOLD WHEN OUR PARENTS SAID.

WE GOT A REAL GOOD SMACK OR CLOUT AROUND OUR TINY LEGS.

NO WAS JUST A WORD WE DARN'T SAY ANY TIME OF DAY.

BUT WE HAD RESPECT FOR PEOPLE NOT LIKE THEY ARE TODAY.

THIS NEXT GENERATION NEED TO LEARN TO APPRECIATE AND RESPECT.

NOT ALWAYS ON THE WANT FOR MORE THEY SIMPLY JUST EXPECT.

ONCE MORE IV'E TAKEN YOU ALL AGAIN  WAY BACK DOWN THE LINE.

I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A LAUGH MY FRIENDS  READING "MY SIMPLE RHYME."

                             THE OLD MAID PACK HE-HE-HE.

      

"LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM"

        

 

                             

IV'E NEVER BEEN MONEY ORIENTATED BUT LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM.

 

THAT I'D WON THE LOTTERY AND THIS RHYME WAS THE SCENE.

 

IT ALSO SEEMED SO STRANGE TO ME AS I'VE HAD THIS DREAM BEFORE.

 

AND I WROTE ABOUT IT ONE WEEK IN MY ARCHIVES I AM SURE.

 

BUT I GO THROUGH MY ARCHIVES AND I PRINT THEM OFF AND FILE.

 

THEN I DELEAT THEM AFTERWARDS WELL HERES MY DREAM IN STYLE.

 

I'D BOUGHT A VERY LARGE PLOT OF LAND AT SOMEWHERE VERY HOT.

 

AND HAD MY OWN TOWN BUILT THERE WITH MY HOME IN THE BEST SPOT.

 

LOTS OF SHOPS I'D BUILT THERE A CHURCH AND A VILLAGE GREEN.

 

INDIVIDUAL HOUSES THE BEST YOUV'E EVER SEEN.

 

THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING THERE WERE ALL OF MY OWN CHOICE.

 

AND I'D FLOWN THEM OVER IN A PRIVATE JET FOR ALL OF US TO REJOICE.

 

I HAD AN OPENING GALA AND GAVE EVERYONE A TREAT.

 

WHEN EVERYTHING WAS FINISHED AND THE VILLAGE WAS COMPLETE.

 

I'D NAMED THE VILLAGE LUCK-STRUCK AND I LIVED AT NUMBER SEVEN.

 

AS THE SIX BALLS AND THE BONUS HAD PUT ME THERE IN HEAVEN.

 

I'D HAD A SPECIAL CAR MADE OF MY OWN DESIGN.

 

WITH A PRIVATE NUMBER PLATE IN GOLD BOY IT LOOKED REAL FINE.

 

AND BOBBING IN THE DISTANCE WAS A LUXURY YATCH THERE MOORED.

 

TO SAIL MY FRIENDS AROUND IN WHEN THEY ALL GOT BORED.

 

THE GARDEN HAD A SWIMMING POOL IN THE SHAPE OF A RUGBY BALL.

 

I SUPPOSE THIS WAS TO PLEASE MY PARNER AND ROUND I SAW THEM ALL.

 

HIS OLD PALS HE PLAYED RUGBY WITH IN THEM GOOD OLD DAYS.

 

BREAKFAST WAS BEING BROUGHT DOWN TO ME ON A SILVER TRAY.

 

AND CLOTHES THEY WERN'T AN ITEM I HAD WARDROBES FULL ALL GAY.

 

BRILLIANT COLOURS TO CHOOSE FROM AND SHOES FOR EVERY DAY.

 

WHEN I SAW THEM ALL HUNG THERE BEFORE MY VERY EYES.

 

I WAS TOTALLY GOBSMACKED AND REALY MESMERIZED.

 

I HAD DESIGNER JEWELLERY ALL WITH DIAMOND CATCH .

 

AND NECKLACES WERE HUNG THERE ALL OF THEM DID MATCH.

 

NO WORRYS AND NO LONELYNESS EVERYTHING SEEMED JUST FINE.

 

I WAS RELAXING JUST ENJOYING IT ALL MY FRIENDS RINGING ALL THE TIME.

 

THE PRESS THEY CAME ALONG TO ME AND I FILLED  THEM OUT A CHEQUE.

 

TO GIVE TO MY FAVOURITE CHARITY TO HELP WELL WHAT THE HECK.

 

MONEY WAS NO PROBLEM AND I WANTED TO HELP SOME.

 

OF THE POOREST PEOPLE I HAD KNOWN WHERE I HAD COME FROM.

 

THIS VILLAGE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND VIVD IN MY DREAM.

 

PARADISE IDILIC BETTER THAN ANYTHING  ELSE I'D SEEN.

 

THEN I HEARD A NOISE  IT STARTLED ME AND I WONDERED WHAT WAS THAT.

 

AND I REALISED THE ROADSWEEPER WAS OUTSIDE MY LITTLE FLAT  HA-HA.

 

NEVER MIND I THOUGHT DEAR KATH WHAT GOOD IS MONEY ANYWAY.

 

IT DOESN'T BRING HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND OTHER THINGS MY WAY.

 

SO I WENT INTO THE KITCHEN AND I PUT MY POOTER ON.

 

TO WRITE THIS RHYME FOR ALL OF YOU TO READ AND COMMENT ON.

 

I SUPPOSE IT WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED AND YOU KNOW I SLEPT IN TOO.

 

SO I BEST GET ROUND THE BOARD NOW AND VISIT SOME OF YOU. HA-HA

 

THEY SAY NO REST FOR THE WICKED SO I MUST BE SIMPLY THAT.

 

AND I'LL SETTLE DOWN NOW ONCE AGAIN IN MY LITTLE FLAT.  HA-HA

 

TO PLACE MY COMMENTS THERE FOR YOU IN YOUR NICE BLOGS AGAIN.

 

AS ONCE MORE THERE'S NO SUNSHINE NO TODAY AGAIN IT'S  RAIN. GRRRR!!

 

SO I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED MY DREAM  J/LAND AND IF THERE EVER COMES A TIME.

 

I DO WIN THE LOTTERY  WELL I THINK I WILL STILL WRITE " MY SIMPLE RHYME" .

 

                                                  HE-HE-HE

 

                                          A LIFE OF LUXURY.